On a beautiful warm summer evening, the young woman ran outside to the sight of her husband, dishearteningly passed out at their front yard. The impact of the ground level fall left him with a serious head wound. After a long ambulance ride, trauma team started resuscitation to keep him a live. As a Clinical Research Assistant Volunteer in the Emergency Department I was allowed to observe his care, while the compassionate physician with quiet composure began treating the young man. As the physician skillfully assessed the young man's injuries, ordered medications and arranged for diagnostic imaging to assess the extent of the damage to the young man's head his caring demeanor comforted the family. I knew this was just the way I wanted to treat patients-with skill, dignity, and compassion. It was this moment when I realized my aspirations to pursue a career in medicine. Throughout my college years, I knew I wanted to be a doctor as I was introduced to topics in biology and physiology.
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We were required to make tangible connections between human body's structure and the function of each organ system and I studied each biological system with increased fascination. I have always wanted to become a doctor but my diagnosis with cancer at a very young age put my plans on hold. One day I woke up with a lump in my breast and my family, with a heart-pounding race, rushed me to the ER to save my live. As a result of my diagnosis and the aggressive course of treatments to eradicate my cancer, my academic performance dwindled. With setbacks in my grades, I had to drop school to focus on my health, intending to pursue a career when my health is at its best. From this experience, I have learned how to be positive in the face of adversity to reach my goals. Now that I am healthier and energetic, my continued interest to fallow a career in this challenging field rekindled. So I returned to school, to fulfill my undergraduate degree and my passion in science and medicine, dormant while I nurtured my health, was reawakened. Noticing my insatiable passion for medicine, my academic advisor happily informed me about the Temple University School of Medicine Advanced Core in Medical Sciences Program (ACMS). He expressly explained how medical school realizes the benefits of enrolling students with life experiences and maturity. With a sheer desire and aptitude to enhance my academic records, now I know that my lifelong dream is still within a reach- I can be a doctor. An enjoyment of science sparked my interest in the bench to bedside biomedical research seeking to make discoveries that can save lives and push the envelope of current knowledge of disease processes. To solidify my commitment to biomedical research, stimulated by a desire to make advances in conventional medicine, I became a Research Assistant at the Oregon Health and Science University Stem Cell Center. Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, I had the opportunity to contribute to a research study that involves elucidating diagnostic biomarkers that can distinguish between benign and malignant tumors in patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Understanding the molecular mechanism that differentiates how one tumor develops into benign while the other into malignant, I began to believe how research can improve cancer treatment outcomes. Through this experience I have gained an understanding of the challenges of study design and execution as well as insights into the proper evaluation and
We were required to make tangible connections between human body's structure and the function of each organ system and I studied each biological system with increased fascination. I have always wanted to become a doctor but my diagnosis with cancer at a very young age put my plans on hold. One day I woke up with a lump in my breast and my family, with a heart-pounding race, rushed me to the ER to save my live. As a result of my diagnosis and the aggressive course of treatments to eradicate my cancer, my academic performance dwindled. With setbacks in my grades, I had to drop school to focus on my health, intending to pursue a career when my health is at its best. From this experience, I have learned how to be positive in the face of adversity to reach my goals. Now that I am healthier and energetic, my continued interest to fallow a career in this challenging field rekindled. So I returned to school, to fulfill my undergraduate degree and my passion in science and medicine, dormant while I nurtured my health, was reawakened. Noticing my insatiable passion for medicine, my academic advisor happily informed me about the Temple University School of Medicine Advanced Core in Medical Sciences Program (ACMS). He expressly explained how medical school realizes the benefits of enrolling students with life experiences and maturity. With a sheer desire and aptitude to enhance my academic records, now I know that my lifelong dream is still within a reach- I can be a doctor. An enjoyment of science sparked my interest in the bench to bedside biomedical research seeking to make discoveries that can save lives and push the envelope of current knowledge of disease processes. To solidify my commitment to biomedical research, stimulated by a desire to make advances in conventional medicine, I became a Research Assistant at the Oregon Health and Science University Stem Cell Center. Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, I had the opportunity to contribute to a research study that involves elucidating diagnostic biomarkers that can distinguish between benign and malignant tumors in patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Understanding the molecular mechanism that differentiates how one tumor develops into benign while the other into malignant, I began to believe how research can improve cancer treatment outcomes. Through this experience I have gained an understanding of the challenges of study design and execution as well as insights into the proper evaluation and